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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Company made up of investors who put in money into company to earn profit | Joint-Stock Company |
| Contract issued by government giving holder or group right to establish a colony. | Charter |
| First permanent English settlement located in Virginia. | Jamestown |
| He was solider who helped settlers start trading with Powhatan tribe. Returned to England 1609 | John Smith |
| People who sold their labor to get paid passage to America. Once paid of debt could start new life. | Indentured Servants |
| First representative assembly in American colonies in 1619. | House Of Burgesses |
| Started in 1676 when Nathaniel Bacon's demanded was denied by Governor Berkeley. | Bacon's Rebellion |
| Separatists group who went against King James's Church Of England. | Pilgrims |
| This was signed by the men on The Mayflower saying they would obey the laws of the colonies. | Mayflower Compact |
| broke away from The Church Of England, but different from pilgrims because they wanted to "reform" it. | Puritans |
| When many families of Puritans migrated to the Americas. | Great Migration |
| The laws of the colony of Connecticut Valley. Where Thomas Hooker congregation moved. | Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut |
| Founded first Baptist Church in America. Minister in Salem,Massachusetts of the new found church. | Roger Williams |
| Told many people could worship God without any church or minister. | Anne Hutchinson |
| This was 1675-1676. The war was the Puritan fought the Native Americans. | King Philip's War |
| This person would bring settlers to New Netherland. | Patroon |
| New governor of New Amsterdam before he surrendered to the British. | Peter Stuyvesant |
| Decided by his brother King Charles The Second to drive Dutch out of New Netherlands. | Duke Of York |
| Given by the king a large some of land which would come to be Pennsylvania. | William Penn |
| A religious group with follower(s) like William Penn. | Quakers |
| Ruled by governors who were appointed by the king. Example Carolina became one in 1729. | Royal Colony |
| Founded Georgia in 1732 as a sort of refuge for debtors. | James Oglethorpe |
| Owned by a person. | Proprietary Colony |